Qinwen Zheng and Katie Boulter will face off in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:00 pm on 1573 Arena. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Qinwen Zheng who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Qinwen Zheng is the pick to win this match.
Qinwen Zheng -> 1.32
Katie Boulter -> 3.4
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Prediction and head to head Qinwen Zheng vs. Katie Boulter
There is no head to head record between Qinwen Zheng and Katie Boulter since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Qinwen Zheng
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-9 | 14-6 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-19 | 23-11 | 11-4 | 3-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-19 | 27-12 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-11 | 7-1 | 16-6 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 38-8 | 3-3 | 26-3 | 9-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 15, Zheng got to the 2nd round after defeating Ashlyn Krueger 3-6 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round against Krueger, Qinwen recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-3). During the match, Zheng scored 100 points vs Krueger’s 90. Zheng was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zheng blasted 12 aces and she was not very solid on her 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Qinwen Zheng lost the serve 3 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Zheng put 53% of her first serves in, winning 76% (41/54) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (19/47) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Krueger 5 times after converting 33% of her break points (5/15).
Zheng has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 70% of her matches (179-78). 3-1 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Zheng has a compiled89-44 record in the last 8 years on hard.
Zheng has a composed 3-1 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Katie Boulter
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-8 | 12-4 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-20 | 22-12 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 10-4 | 4-0 |
| 2022 | 29-18 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 16-7 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-15 | 12-9 | 5-1 | 7-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-8 | 10-6 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 54, the Brit got to the 2nd round after beating Yue Yuan 7-5 7-61.
In the 1st round, Katie had a good straight sets win against Yuan (7-5 7-61). During the match Boulter scored 87 points vs Yuan’s 77. Boulter was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Boulter managed to score 7 aces and she committed only 9 double faults. Katie Boulter lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Boulter put 55% of her first serves in, winning 83% (38/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 39% (15/38) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Yuan 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).
Katie has an aggregate 5-1 win-loss record in 2024, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zheng | Boulter |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 25 |
| Pts | 100-90 | 87-77 |
| Total Points | 190 | 164 |
| Winners | 41 | 38 |
| %Winners | 41% | 44% |
Both Zheng and Boulter played 1 match. At the moment, Qinwen Zheng surrendered 1 set while Katie Boulter hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Zheng has played 1 set more than Boulter (3 vs 2). Therefore, Zheng played 1 game more than Boulter. Qinwen scored 41 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Brit bagged 38 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zheng | Boulter |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 12 | 7 |
| 1st in | 54/101 | 46/84 |
| %1st in | 53% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 41/54 | 38/46 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 19/47 | 15/38 |
| %2nd pts | 40% | 39% |
Zheng scored 12 aces . Boulter blasted 7 aces . Zheng won 76% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Boulter won 83% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 39% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zheng | Boulter |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/15 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 33% | 43% |
| Conceded | 9 | 5 |
| Saved | 6 | 3 |
| % Saved | 67% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Zheng broke her opponent 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. Zheng lost her serve 3 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Boulter broke her opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Brit conceded her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded.
| Zheng | |||
| R1 Krueger |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 100-90 | 100-90 | |
| Total points | 190 | 190 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 11 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 54/101 | 54/101 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 41/54 | 41/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/47 | 19/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 5/15 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Boulter | |||
| R1 Yuan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 87-77 | 87-77 | |
| Total points | 164 | 164 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 46/84 | 46/84 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 38/46 | 38/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/38 | 15/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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